Patchwork post!

May 27, 2014

Wow – there’s so much fantastic stuff to read online at the moment, so I thought I’d share some of my favourite reads of the day with you.

First up, there’s Gina Crawford’s latest blog post on her third HIM in 15 days: http://ginacrawford.com/ What I find particularly interesting about Gina’s blog is that she is completely open and honest. Very few professional triathletes make it clear just how many financial sacrifices they make for the love of their sport:

So the goal for this race was to scrape into the top 6 and get a bit of money. It costs us around 15k to travel to Europe, and my goal is to race 5 half ironman to cover these costs so that by the time I get to the Ironman (Frankfurt) I can hopefully (fingers crossed) go home with a profit. After today’s race I am up to around $9500 so I have 2 more chances to hopefully meet that goal.

That’s a lot of money that Gina needs to win/earn, just to break even.

I also read an article in The Guardian entitled I am a jogger, not a runner – and so are you, with the tongue-in-cheek lead, “Runners run because they love running. Joggers jog because they love cake and, to a lesser extent, fitting into their trousers”. For what it’s worth, I am a runner– I’m out there training and doing my best. That’s not to say that I never jog – occasionally I do – but that’s moving at a pace that feels comfortable to me and is not part of my training (i.e. It’s not a Long Slow Run with a specific purpose)… and to some people (not very many, but there are a few) that pace is what would count as running to them. Today, I was going all out on the track, but only just managed to keep apace with a couple of young guys who were having a great chat whilst doing a ‘very slow cool down jog’ (their words).

I’ve not posted much of my own content recently about how my training is going, so I’m hoping that I’ll find the time tomorrow.

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Hi, I'm Tamsyn!

Triathlete | Blogger | Running Coach & Fitness Instructor

As an overweight couch potato, I decided to turn my life around. I lost over 2.5 stone and now love keeping fit and healthy. In February 2013, I set myself a five-year challenge to complete an iron-distance triathlon (2.4 mile/3.8k swim; 112 mile/180k bike; 26.2 mile/42.2k run).

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